Ben was mistaken – v4

In a land of thinkers, of revolutionaries

breaking free of an empire, needing their wits

their guile, to hide behind trees, rocks,

rather than being in the open, exposed.

The concept might have made sense -

“God helps those who help themselves”;

but Ben was wrong; he missed the point

nothing of salvation, of grace, in these words.

We are as Adam, as Lot, as David, as Paul

doing that which we hate, living of the world

dying in sin; rising by faith, by grace alone

nothing we could do to restore our souls.

By grace we are given hope,

our works pale in comparison

we are not self-made,

we need the help of God, of others.

Clay only on the Potter’s wheel

by His hands alone made worthy vessels

By grace we give grace to others

as we walk in life.

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edited March 5, 2015

Ben was mistaken – v4

(editing original again)

edited June 30, 2014

Ben was mistaken – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/ben-was-mistaken-v3.html

June 30, 2014

Ben was mistaken – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/ben-was-mistaken-v2.html

July 20, 2008

Ben was mistaken

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/07/ben-was-mistaken.html

Romans 5:1-5

and Sermon by Rev. Huntley Halvorson,

“Murphy Was Wrong”,

Suncook United Methodist Church, Suncook, NH

Murphy’s Law - “Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong”

&

“God helps those who help themselves”,

by Ben Franklin (not the Bible)

http://www.ushistory.org/Franklin/info/

Poor Richard's Almanac in 1757

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Poor_Richard's_Almanack#1757

&

other information on the source this quote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_helps_those_who_help_themselves

http://www.gotquestions.org/God-help-themselves.html

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